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View article: BADGER: evaluating the performance of ancient DNA genetic relatedness estimation methods using high-fidelity pedigree simulations
BADGER: evaluating the performance of ancient DNA genetic relatedness estimation methods using high-fidelity pedigree simulations Open
Background: Recent advancements in paleogenetics, coupled with the emergence of dedicated statistical methods have, in recent years, streamlined the detection of close genetic ties from ancient DNA samples, leading to a substantial surge i…
View article: Born in a brothel: New perspectives on childcare with medieval sex workers
Born in a brothel: New perspectives on childcare with medieval sex workers Open
In contrast to predominant narratives of abortion and infanticide with medieval sex workers, this case study testifies to the potential care attributed to prostitutes’ children. It does so through ancient DNA and dietary isotope analysis o…
View article: GRUPS-rs, a high-performance ancient DNA genetic relatednessestimation software relying on pedigree simulations
GRUPS-rs, a high-performance ancient DNA genetic relatednessestimation software relying on pedigree simulations Open
Background: The study of fine-grain genetic kinship ties (parents, siblings, cousins, etc.) from ancient remains is now gaining significant interest within the field of paleogenetics, as a means of deciphering the social organization of pa…
View article: Proposed mechanism for the selection of lactase persistence in childhood
Proposed mechanism for the selection of lactase persistence in childhood Open
Lactase persistence/persistent (LP), the ability to express the lactase enzyme in adults, is one of the most strongly selected phenotypes in humans. It is encoded by at least five genetic variants that have rapidly become widespread in var…
View article: Genome-wide analysis of a collective grave from Mentesh Tepe provides insight into the population structure of early neolithic population in the South Caucasus
Genome-wide analysis of a collective grave from Mentesh Tepe provides insight into the population structure of early neolithic population in the South Caucasus Open
Despite the localisation of the southern Caucasus at the outskirt of the Fertile Crescent, the Neolithisation process started there only at the beginning of the sixth millennium with the Shomutepe-Shulaveri culture of yet unclear origins. …
View article: Genetic analysis of a bronze age individual from Ulug-depe (Turkmenistan)
Genetic analysis of a bronze age individual from Ulug-depe (Turkmenistan) Open
The Oxus Civilisation (or Bactrio-Margian Archaeological Complex, BMAC) was the main archaeological culture of the Bronze Age in southern Central Asia. Paleogenetic analyses were previously conducted mainly on samples from the eastern part…
View article: The genome and diet of a 35,000‐year‐old <i>Canis lupus</i> specimen from the Paleolithic painted cave, <scp>Chauvet‐Pont</scp> d'Arc, France
The genome and diet of a 35,000‐year‐old <i>Canis lupus</i> specimen from the Paleolithic painted cave, <span>Chauvet‐Pont</span> d'Arc, France Open
The Chauvet‐Pont‐d'Arc Cave (Ardèche, France) contains some of the oldest Paleolithic paintings recorded to date, as well as thousands of bones of the extinct cave bear, and some remains and footprints of other animals. As part of the inte…
View article: Through salt-deserts and high mountains: migration studies based on isotope analyses (87Sr/86Sr, δ18O) in southern Central Asia and Iran during Bronze Age
Through salt-deserts and high mountains: migration studies based on isotope analyses (87Sr/86Sr, δ18O) in southern Central Asia and Iran during Bronze Age Open
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View article: Genetic Continuity of Indo-Iranian Speakers Since the Iron Age in Southern Central Asia
Genetic Continuity of Indo-Iranian Speakers Since the Iron Age in Southern Central Asia Open
Since prehistoric times, South Central Asia has been at the crossroads of the movement of people, culture, and goods. Today, the Central Asia’s populations are divided into two cultural and linguistic groups: the Indo-Iranian and the Turko…
View article: Why and when was lactase persistence selected for? Insights from Central Asian herders and ancient DNA
Why and when was lactase persistence selected for? Insights from Central Asian herders and ancient DNA Open
The genetic adaptation of humans to the consumption of milk from dairying animals is one of the most emblematic cases of recent human evolution. While the phenotypic change under selection, lactase persistence (LP), is known, the evolution…
View article: Metagenomic analysis of a blood stain from the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat (1743–1793)
Metagenomic analysis of a blood stain from the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat (1743–1793) Open
The French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793) was assassinated in 1793 in his bathtub, where he was trying to find relief from the debilitating skin disease he was suffering from. At the time of his death, Marat was annotating newsp…
View article: Metagenomic analysis of a blood stain from the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793)
Metagenomic analysis of a blood stain from the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793) Open
The French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793) was assassinated in 1793 in his bathtub, where he was trying to find relief from the debilitating skin disease he was suffering from. At the time of his death, Marat was annotating newsp…
View article: Chromosome evolution at the origin of the ancestral vertebrate genome
Chromosome evolution at the origin of the ancestral vertebrate genome Open
About 450 million years ago, a marine chordate was subject to two successive whole genome duplications (WGDs) before becoming the common ancestor of vertebrates and diversifying into the more than 60,000 species found today. Here, we recon…